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Google Ends
Plan to Sell Advertising For Papers

Google Inc. is canceling a program to sell print advertising for newspapers, saying the effort wasn't as effective as it had hoped and citing the importance of focusing on more promising products.

The Internet company said it will stop offering ads under the Print Ads program on Feb. 28. Google's service let advertisers buy ads in more than 800 U.S. newspapers, but Google never disclosed how much revenue it generated through the...